Rs 507.37 crore sanctioned for disaster risk reduction

In order to bolster disaster risk reduction at the village level, a High-Level Committee (HLC) under Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s chairmanship approved Rs 507.37 crore on Tuesday for a national project directed at preparing villages against natural calamities. “The Modi Government launched the National Disaster Mitigation Fund in 2021 to armour the society to withstand any disaster, and today the initiative

was extended to the Panchayat level,” Shah said in a post on X.

In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the committee has approved funds for the National Project for Strengthening Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions for 20 States. The initiative is in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), it said.

The project aims at integrating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) practices into the governance structure.